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FreeCreditReport.com dances around the truth, says FTC

By FTC, TC Daily Planet
The Federal Trade Commission has taken to video to deliver the message: Freecreditreport.com is NOT the place to go.MORE »

Salsa Celtica at the 31st annual Irish Fair of Minnesota

By Barb Teed, TC Daily Planet
Barb Teed
The band Salsa Celtica, a combination of Latino and Celtic music, performs on the Cara Irish Pubs Stage on Harriet Island, St. Paul at the 31st annual Irish Fair of Minnesota on Aug. 8.MORE »

NEWS DAY | Scam alert

By Mary Turck, News Day Blog
Wisconsin police report a scam targeting grandparents, reports the Pioneer Press.MORE »

Counting the masses: Why the census matters

By Nekessa Opoti, TC Daily Planet

Image from Census Bureau

It is almost common knowledge that every ten years the U.S. Census Bureau counts the number of people residing throughout the United States.

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For sale – cheap!

By staff, TC Daily Planet

Photo from Reuse Center website – chairs are $5 to $15 each

Need an office chair, desk, table or lamp? How about a bookshelf or file cabinet?MORE »

Emerald Ash Borer update

By staff, TC Daily Planet
By now you know that the tree in your backyard is not an oak or a maple, but an ash – the very variety threatened by the Emerald Ash Borer invasion. So what do you do?MORE »

Beef up with the Minnesota Twins

By Jean Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Doug Wallick (Creative Commons)

Every time the Minnesota Twins win you can get a free regular roast beef sandwich from Arby’s. After the game text TWINS to 27297. You will receive a text back asking for your ZIP code.MORE »

Teacher layoffs, budget deficit, system change: Talk to St. Paul school board tonight

Lorelyn Medina - Fotolia.com

143 teachers laid off. A still-large budget deficit for 2009-2010.MORE »

I don’t remember her name, but I’ll never forget her

By Mary Thoemke, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy of Project Homeless Connect

She was twenty something and very pretty, well groomed, and soft-spoken. I don’t remember her name, but I’ll never forget her. She worked part-time at a Caribou coffeeshop.MORE »

From beginning to end

By Staff, Session Weekly
Whether you follow a number of bills or just a few, you don’t have to physically be at the Capitol to track legislation.MORE »
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